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Letters .Patent No. 74,325, dated February 11, 1868.

i IMPROVEMENT In RAILWAY-loans.

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TO ALL WIIOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Bo it known that I, Geenen W. EDDY, ot Waterford, in the county of Saratoga, and State ot" New York,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railroad-Cars; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this speciicatiom'and to the letters of reference marked thereon, like letters indicating likepart's wherever they occur. p A i To enable others skilled in the art to construct and use my invention, I will proceed te describe it. i

My invention consists in providing ears with extra wheels, so arranged that 'when the ordinary wheels or nxlesare breken or otherwise disabled, the weight of the car will be thrown upon andsnpported by the extra wheels provided for that purpose. i

Figure 1 is aside elevation of an ordinary car-truck, with my improvement applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the extra wheel and its frame, detached.

' Figure 3 is a front elevation of the' same. p Itis well known that frequent and oftentimes serious accidents occur, in consequence of the breaking of y one or more of the wheels or axles of cars, by which means the cars are thrown from the track. To obviate these Ailiiiiculties is the object of my present invention; and to accomplish that object I provide the trucks' of `cars with an extra wheel on each side, so arranged that lwhenever either of the ordinary wheels is disabled, either by the breaking of the wheel or its axle, then the extra wheel shall come into operation, and serve as a support i-n place of those disabled.

l In the drawings, A represents the frame of an ordinary car-truck, provided with i'our wheels, B, in the,

usual-manner. Between each of the two wheels B, on one side oi' the truck, I locate an .extra wheel, C, as represented in iig. 1. This wheel C is made of such a size as topermit it to be located inline with and between the wheels B onthe side ofthe truck, and is arranged to be held suspended directly over, but elearbfrom,the.

rail nwhich the other wheels travel, as `represented in iig.- 1. `This wheel C may -besecured in place in any v suitable manner, but I prefer to mount it in a metallic yoke or frame, D, the form of which may bees repre sented in figs. 2'and 3, it having pendants to receive and support thcjournal or axisoi' the wheel C, and being lalso provided with suitable iianges, by which it may be securely bolted to the truck, as representedjn iig. 1. It willbe understood that each side of the truck is provided with one of theseextra wheels, and that beth may be attached to one axle; and, as represented in iig. I, I preferwto locate them centrally, lengthwise, of the truck, as'by so doing a less number of them is required. i A

Witha car thus supplied with extra wheels for each truck, it will bessen that in case either of the wheels B should become displaced, either by the breaking of any of them or of their axles, then the extra wheel, @on

vthat sidewill rest onthe rail, and serye as a support to the cnr, thus preventing lthe cnr from being thrown from the track or otherwise injured, as would be the case if not thus supported. By locating the extra wheels, C; midway of the truck, they are brought directly under the bolster or point where the body of the car is attached `to and rests onthe truck, so that if all of the ordinarywheels, B, were broken or removed, still the two extra `wheels, C, would' support the truck, and enable the car vto be drawn along to wstation or switch, where it could be removed from the track.

,Inorder to make these extra wheels serve as a self-operating brake when they rst strike the'rail, in tfconA sequence of the breaking of the other parts, and thus assist to check the speed of the train-it being necessary, in such cases, to stop in order to'rcmove the brokenpnrts from the track, 8tc.*I bore a hole through the wheels C, and insert therein astrong pin or bolt, a, as represented more clearly in fig. 3, the pina resting also in holes in the frame D, as represented, or against the edge'of thei'rame, insuch a way as to prevent the wheel C freni rotating, and thereby causing it to slide on the' rail. In this way it will serve as a brake, and assist to stopthe` tra-in; and when rcadyto proceed, the pina will he withdrawn-,'and the wheel permitted to'roll as usuah'the pin a being attached hya chain or cord, c, -to the trdclc to preventits being lost| when not in use, there being also a hook on the side ofthe truck on which to hang the pin up out of the way, when removed from' the wheel C. L By this improvement I thus accomplish the twofold object of providing a .support for the car, on which it can be vmoved almost if not quite as well as before the main wheels were broken,'and also n means of assisting to stop the train in case of an accident occurring, as described.

It is obvious that my improvement'may be applied to cars already in use as well as to those hereafter to be constructed. It is also obvious that instead of locating the extra. wheels betiveen the others, als described, they may be'placed at the ends of the truck; but in that cese there would be two pairs required, one at each end, in order to support andl balance the truck; whereas, by my arrangement, onepair will answer, it only being necessary, in case all tlxe main wheels are removed or disabled, to so block or secure the truck as to keep it properly in line with the car, ondprevent itA from turning sidewise Iand running off the track.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, is

The construction and arrangement of tbe'lextia wheel C, in connection with the car-truck, in such a manner as to admit of itsy being used as o, support andlbrake, end also as a revolving wheel, in the manner and for the purpose herein described.

GEO. W. EDDY.

Witnesses:l

H. B. MUNN, P. T. DODGE. 

